Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 Rory
/ROH · ree/
Meaning
“Red king”
Irish and Scottish Gaelic name from Ruairí, meaning red king, from the Old Irish rua (red) and rí (king); a vigorously Celtic name that has broken into mainstream British and American use.
Nicknames
ro
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Feels fresh and cross-gender in current usage; Celtic names are aging extremely well right now.
The cultural moment.
Rising strongly in the UK and Ireland since the 2000s; climbing into the top 100 in England and Wales in the 2010s.